Flushing device



Oct. 31, 1933- w. J. COLLISON FLUSHING DEVICE Filed Feb. 1'7, 1932 Patented e. 31', 1933 I a 1,933,416

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FLUSHING DEVICE William J. Collison, Bakersfield, Calif. Application February 17, 1932. Serial No; 593,665- 1 Claim. (01. 4-42) This invention relates to a flushing device and A brass spud 15 is detachably connected in any relates particularly to that type'of flushing device suitable manner at 16 in communication with the shown and described in my Patent No.:1,842,715, siphon tube 13, and at its other end is detachv issued January 26, 1932. ably connected in any suitable manner as at 17, 5 The present construction aims to generally simto a bowl or hopper 18. v 60 plify the apparatus or device and more particu- The bowl or hopper 18 is preferably cast in a larly to provide a bowl in which the trap consingle piece from clay, or vitreous china and so nected with the siphon maybe cast, molded or shaped that it has a trap 19 forming an integral baked as an integral part of the bowl and in which part thereof, the baffle of the trap beingshown the siphon tube may be cast, molded, baked or at 20, and the outlet therefrom to the interior of 5 formed as a part of the flush tank. the bowl being shown at 21. The operation of the The more specific objects and advantages will device is exactly as disclosed in, said Patent No. become apparent from a consideration of the de- I 1,842,715, the present construction differing theres'cription following taken in connection with acfrom primarily in the fact that the siphon tube is companying drawing illustrating an operative em integral with the tank and the trap forms an in- 7 bodiment. e tegral part of the bowl.

In said dr'awing:- Various changes may be resorted to provided Figure 1 is a'viewthrough the device in central they fall within the spirit and scope of the invenvertical section, and tion.

Figure 2 is a view through the flush tank taken I claim as my invention I 7 at a rig ht angle to Figure 1. A device of the class described comprising a Referring specifically to the drawing, 10 desigtank, a water supply tube rising therein, a bonnet nates a flush tank which has a water supply pipe thereon, a discharge tube communicating with 11 associated therewith, controlled by a fioat-conthe bonnetand" depending therefrom, a valve trolled valve mechanism at 12 of the same conmechanism for said supply tube, a siphon tube in 0 struction as disclosed in the said Patent No. 1,842,- the tank, a trap communicating with the siphon 115. I tube and arranged to trap air between the same The tank 10 may be of any suitable material for and siphon tube, said siphon tube having a vent, instance baked c1ay,'vitreous china or the like a refill tube having its inlet end extending into and Preferably integral therewith is a p o u said discharge tube and having its other end com- 5 13 having a vent 14: therein, Arefill tube like that municating with the siphon tube, aid refill tube in a d p n is shown a 53 extending into a ub having portions extending substantially to the 8 o receive Water from the p y'p p 11 as n lowest water level and'to the highest water level said patent. The refill tube 53 extends to the of t t highestwater level to prevent a continuous running of the waterand also extends to the lowest water level to insure a perfect air seal.

WILLIAM J. COLLISON.

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